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Hi Very sad as our gorgeous Buff Sussex girl Ruby died today Ruby was around 6 months old and appered in perfect health before we found her dead in the nest box today. Given that she is young, and appeared to be symptom free I am scared for the health of my other chickens! I have four...

I arrived home today to find that despite a few hundred square metres of grass, a full feed container, and a plate full of kitchen scraps my silly girls had decided to eat FOAM off the legs of our trampoline. The foam is similar in texture to a 'pool noodle', and they have pecked off numerous...

Hi I have two lovely buff sussex who are now about 21 weeks old. They are both supposed to be pullets, but SOMEONE in my coop is cockadoodledooing some mornings, and as everyone else lays eggs the sussex are my suspects! I do have one really dominant Australorp hen, who might be crowing just...

Hi everyone My ~8mnth old girls have become VERY noisy and demanding in the mornings lately. I let them out of the coop and into the run at 4.30am when they first start BAARRRKKKKKing! Previously, they would settle once they were in the run, but lately, they have continued to kick up a ruckus...

Hi This is my Barred Rock 'Matilda' . She was sold to me as a pullet, and is, by my reckoning about 23 weeks old. She has not started laying yet, and has recently become really bossy and loud. She used to friendly, but is now stand offish. Although she looks like a girl to me (no hackle or...

These are my 2 Buff Sussex chicks, 7 weeks old. I purchased them as 'girls' (the breeder has a guarantee), but would appreciate all opinions on whether they are indeed female. One is lighter than the other, with less pronounced neck marking. The breeder had several of both the lighter and...

Hi I'm a newbie to chickens (only had them 4 weeks) and to my horror found a few lice under the wings of my 2 youngest girls (6wks old). Haven't had a chance to examine the older girls (18-22wks) but I guess that they will have them too....... I have checked out a few threads on natural...

:Hello everyone! I am a new 'chickenmama' living in Brisbane, Australia. I have 2 gorgeous Australorp girls (one layed her first egg today YAY!), one Barred Plymouth Rock who is about 18wks, and two 6 week old buff sussex babies. I also have two 'non feathered' children, a lovely hubby (who...